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Embodied Athlete: What Does That Even Mean?
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Embodied Athlete
In this wintery walk-and-talk episode, I explore what it really means to be an embodied athlete — not just someone who moves their body, but someone who can stay with their body through...
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Somatic Skills: Coregulation
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In this episode, I explore one of my favorite nervous system skills: coregulation — how we borrow steadiness, safety, and connection from the world around us. Even though co-regulation is often talked about...
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Stories of Healing, Place, and Belonging with Mahshid Hager
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In this rich conversation, Mahshid Hager joins me to explore the deep connections between healing, place, ancestry, and belonging. We talk about what it means to reconnect to land after displacement, how...
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The Somatics of Winter
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In this episode, I explore how the season itself can shape, support, and soften our nervous systems. Winter invites a different pace, a different kind of presence, and a unique set of somatic cues — and in...
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Your Thinking Mind Helps… It Just Can’t Do It All!
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Episode 12:Your Thinking Mind Helps… It Just Can’t Do It All! In this snowy walk-and-talk episode, I explore the often-overlooked role of the cognitive mind in somatic and nervous system healing. Even...
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Touch, Parenting, and the Joy of Embodiment with Merreley Donohue
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Episode 11: The ORCAS Model: Supporting Ourselves and Each Other
In this second episode of our Winter Healing Circle series, I sit down with my dear friend and co-teacher Merreley Donohue – one of those...
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Somatics on the Fireline: A Conversation with Echo Cunningham
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Episode 10: Somatics on the Fireline: A Conversation with Echo Cunningham
In this walking episode, I’m joined by my friend Echo, a wildland firefighter, somatic practitioner-in-training, and all-around...
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The O.R.C.A.S. Model for Supporting Ourselves and Others
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Episode 9: The ORCAS Model: Supporting Ourselves and Each Other
In this episode, Sarah walks through the gray fall woods of Anchorage and introduces her new ORCAS Model for nervous system care — a simple,...
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Behind the Scenes: Ski Babes + Hot 4 Winter
Episode 8: Behind the Scenes: Ski Babes + Hot 4 Winter
In this solo episode, I take you behind the scenes of Mind & Mountain and the evolution of Ski Babes from its early days in small-town Alaska to where it’s...
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Movement and Shared Rhythm
Episode 7: Movement & Shared Rhythm
In this walking episode, Sarah reflects on her recent trip to Colombia, her history living and playing rugby there, and how travel reconnects her to different parts of herself....
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6. Coregulation Meets Current Events
Episode 6: Coregulation Meets Current Events
For the first time on the podcast, Sarah is joined by her friend and coworker, Raine Fryberger, to explore a big question: How do we stay engaged with the news without...
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5. Somatic Skills: Resourcing
Episode 5: Somatic Skills: Resourcing
In this episode, Sarah continues the Somatic Skills series with Resourcing, a partner practice to Orienting. Recorded on a sunny fall walk in Anchorage, she explains how this...
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